#thou

I don't think that there are very many good writers who don't live without a sense of tension. If they haven't got one immediately available to them, then they usually manage to manufacture it in their private lives. ↗

— John le Carre

#good #got #haven #i #immediately

The design of each element should be thought out in order to be easy to make and easy to repair. ↗

— Leo Fender

#each #easy #element #make #order

Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having order and arrangement in what we say, and in speaking with composure. ↗

— Francois Fenelon

#arrangement #choosing #composure #consists #few

Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor. ↗

— Alexis Carrel

#cannot #himself #man #marble #remake

All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know. ↗

— Alexis Carrel

#gifted #great #great men #intuition #know

A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect. ↗

— Francois Fenelon

#any #country #flatter #good #his

I can't sit on grass without a blanket. ↗

— Tia Carrere

#grass #i #sit #without

I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting. ↗

— Jim Carrey

#beings #creating #desperate #desperation #human

I think the thing to remember, though, the next time you hear someone who is really certain that he is on the side of the angels, is that the idea of angels was created by human beings, who are famous for being frequently untrustworthy and occasional. ↗

— Jon Carroll

#being #beings #certain #created #famous

No good fish goes anywhere without a porpoise. ↗

— Lewis Carroll

#fish #goes #good #without